diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/49394_azure_image.yml b/changelogs/fragments/49394_azure_image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a0c3cf62b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/49394_azure_image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+- fix azure_rm_image module use positional parameter (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49394)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_image.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_image.py
index deb9b5dc15a..9c2feb6e132 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_image.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_image.py
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ class AzureRMImage(AzureRMModuleBase):
     def create_data_disk(self, lun, source):
         blob_uri, disk, snapshot = self.resolve_storage_source(source)
         if blob_uri or disk or snapshot:
-            snapshot_resource = self.compute_models.SubResource(snapshot) if snapshot else None
-            managed_disk = self.compute_models.SubResource(disk) if disk else None
-            return self.compute_models.ImageDataDisk(lun,
+            snapshot_resource = self.compute_models.SubResource(id=snapshot) if snapshot else None
+            managed_disk = self.compute_models.SubResource(id=disk) if disk else None
+            return self.compute_models.ImageDataDisk(lun=lun,
                                                      blob_uri=blob_uri,
                                                      snapshot=snapshot_resource,
                                                      managed_disk=managed_disk)
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_image/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_image/tasks/main.yml
index cd1c1d0d60c..614a693fad6 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_image/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_image/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       public_ip_name: "pip{{ resource_group | hash('md5') | truncate(7, True, '') }}{{ 1000 | random }}"
       security_group_name: "sg{{ resource_group | hash('md5') | truncate(7, True, '') }}{{ 1000 | random }}"
       blob_name: "blob{{ resource_group | hash('md5') | truncate(7, True, '') }}{{ 1000 | random }}"
+      empty_disk_name: "emptydisk{{ resource_group | hash('md5') | truncate(7, True, '') }}{{ 1000 | random }}"
 
 - name: Create storage account
   azure_rm_storageaccount:
@@ -78,12 +79,22 @@
       name: "{{ vm_name }}"
       vm_size: Standard_A0
 
+- name: Create new empty managed disk
+  azure_rm_managed_disk:
+      resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+      name: "{{ empty_disk_name }}"
+      storage_account_type: "Standard_LRS"
+      disk_size_gb: 1
+  register: emptydisk
+
 - name: Create an image from VM (check mode)
   azure_rm_image:
       resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
       source: "https://{{ storage_name }}.blob.core.windows.net/{{ storage_container_name }}/{{ blob_name }}.vhd"
       name: testimage001
       os_type: Linux
+      data_disk_sources:
+          - "{{ empty_disk_name }}"
   check_mode: yes
   register: output
 
@@ -150,6 +161,12 @@
     that:
       - not output.changed
 
+- name: Delete empty disk
+  azure_rm_managed_disk:
+      resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+      name: "{{ empty_disk_name }}"
+      state: absent
+
 - name: Delete VM
   azure_rm_virtualmachine:
       resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"